"On the 11.08.1943 Oberst Bacherer and his regiment managed to capture
almost all the Soviet strong points in his assigned sector, which was
located within the Suchinitschi area. Two days later the regiment came
out of the forested area around Nogaja, passed through Ukolizy and
reached Mysin. Here the regiment succeeded in repulsing several Soviet
tank-supported attacks before finally occupying the 5 km line
Mysin—Smetskije—Wys on the 15.08.1943. Oberst Bacherer would be awarded
the Knight’s Cross to the Iron Cross for his regiment’s successes in battle during this
time." from his Knight's Cross to the Iron Cross citation, awarded on October 30th, 1943 as Oberst with the 56th Infantry Division.
"He was a regimental commander in the 77th Infantry Division as it
fought on the Cotentin peninsula during the middle of June 1944. In this
time the division became trapped in the peninsula after the Americans
had broken through to its Western coast. He took over leadership of the
divisional kampfgruppe after the fall of the divisional commander, and
in this capacity he broke out towards the south as ordered. Having
reached strong enemy blocking positions, he gave the order to break
through despite the reservations of his commanders and the extreme
exhaustion of his troops. He managed to skillfully deceive the enemy as
to his axis of attack and then personally lead his grenadiers through
the enemy lines. Fighting with exemplary bravery this whole time, he
succeeded in establishing contact with the German units to the south." from his Knight's Cross to the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves citation, awarded on August 11th, 1944 as Oberst der Reserve with the 77th Infantry Division.
Another capable enemy,
Brian
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